Light Bulb Socialism!

[pittsoccer33]

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/lif ... rk-663954/

Still, as energy-guzzling 100-watt incandescent bulbs disappear from local store shelves in the first phase of a federal ban on all such bulbs -- passed by Congress during the Bush administration and in effect since January 2012 -- light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) are in our future, whether we like it or not.

I wonder if the reporter was smart enough to buy an enormous stash to handle the run this article creates.

I hate CFL because they aren't compatible with my networked dimmers.

[mac5155]

I have about 50 100watt bulbs at home /paranoid

[Tico Rick]

So it's taken a year for this news to make it to the Post-Gazette?

[pittsoccer33]

So it's taken a year for this news to make it to the Post-Gazette?

[Gaucho]

Socialism where?

[Willie Kool]

Socialism where?

Yeah, I came in here expecting subsidized (or maybe even free) bulbs.

[Eismann]

Lots of the new fangled hoo-diddies emit harmful radiation...Least, that's what the old guy at Wal*Mart tole me. Yep.

[Factorial]

Socialism where?

Get with the program Gaucho. Anytime the government does anything you don't like it's "socialism".

[pittsoccer33]

Socialism where?

Get with the program Gaucho. Anytime the government does anything you don't like it's "socialism".

man, then things are worse than I thought

[Gaucho]

Socialism where?

Get with the program Gaucho. Anytime the government does anything you don't like it's "socialism".

man, then things are worse than I thought

Communism?

[shafnutz05]

Socialism where?

Get with the program Gaucho. Anytime the government does anything you don't like it's "socialism".

I get your point, but I absolutely HATE the phase out of incandescent light bulbs. Mass opposition to this isn't exactly limited to the United States....the European Union hasn't exactly responded favorably to it either. Not to mention the environmental hazards posed by the new CFLs with the amount of mercury that is contained within them.

There are PLENTY of reasons to not be in favor of the transition to CFLs, including quality of light, emitted radiation, mercury, performance, etc. Setting aside pittsoccer's (I'm assuming) joking topic subject, opposition to this certainly isn't illegitimate.

[Gaucho]

opposition to this certainly isn't illegitimate.

Nope.

[shafnutz05]

I should have said is legitimate....damn double negatives

[Gaucho]

I got what you said.

[Willie Kool]

Not to mention the environmental hazards posed by the new CFLs with the amount of mercury that is contained within them.

There are PLENTY of reasons to not be in favor of the transition to CFLs, including quality of light, emitted radiation, mercury, performance, etc.

CFL's suck. LED is the future of lighting.



$200 for the first three bulbs and the bridge, which can control up to 50 bulbs. Individual bulbs for $60 each. Guess what I'm telling everyone I want for X-mas.

[npv708]

I'm disappointed by the lack of light bulbs in this thread...

[Shyster]

Thread needs more Remy:

[DelPen]

This is more GE being in bed with the government which would be fascism. But really it's just stupidity. The toxic components of CFl are worse than incandescent. Much worse.

[mac5155]

I guess you're not supposed to just toss old CFL bulbs in the trash either?

[Digitalgypsy66]

I've been replacing incandescent bulbs with CFL bulbs in our house gradually over the last five years, and I still have incandescent bulbs that have outlasted several CFL bulbs already.

LED is the way to go, but they need to come down in price.

[pittsoccer33]

Not to mention the environmental hazards posed by the new CFLs with the amount of mercury that is contained within them.

There are PLENTY of reasons to not be in favor of the transition to CFLs, including quality of light, emitted radiation, mercury, performance, etc.

CFL's suck. LED is the future of lighting.



$200 for the first three bulbs and the bridge, which can control up to 50 bulbs. Individual bulbs for $60 each. Guess what I'm telling everyone I want for X-mas.

Thats very cool. Similar to what I have in my place. Several years ago a friend and I were trying to think of ways to get "green jobs stimulus cash" and we came up with this idea.

There is still not one good open source platform to develop this on. Android@Home could be it. If I won the lottery last night I'd be hiring CMU computer science students to get cracking on it.

[Sarcastic]

I started using the new bulbs and I don't see much difference. It's just light to me. But I was disappointed when one went dead after less than a year when it was supposed to last 5.

[Shyster]

I’ve been using CFLs for years and generally don’t mind the light output. I my experience, however, is that the advertised lifetimes are vastly overstated. I’ve had some CFLs last less than what one would get from a regular bulb. From what I’ve read, CFL’s do best in applications where the light will be turned on and left on for fairly long lengths of time. An application where it will be turned on and off frequently or only be on for short periods will greatly shorten its life, possibly to the point where there would be no savings versus a conventional bulb. For that reason, I’ve actually switched some of the CFLs in my house back to regular bulbs (or halogen versions).

[mac5155]

I’ve been using CFLs for years and generally don’t mind the light output. I my experience, however, is that the advertised lifetimes are vastly overstated. I’ve had some CFLs last less than what one would get from a regular bulb. From what I’ve read, CFL’s do best in applications where the light will be turned on and left on for fairly long lengths of time. An application where it will be turned on and off frequently or only be on for short periods will greatly shorten its life, possibly to the point where there would be no savings versus a conventional bulb. For that reason, I’ve actually switched some of the CFLs in my house back to regular bulbs (or halogen versions).

Flourescent bulbs are best suited to be turned on and left on because of the coating that is on them that produces the light. When the power hits the ballast, the gas radiates heat which that coating turns into visible light. That coating is burned off after each start. So, the less starts you have theoretically the more burn hours you should get out of a light but the more it will cost to power it.

[Factorial]

I'm disappointed by the lack of light bulbs in this thread...